Articles by Amir Khaidar

ASTANA – More than 58,740 vehicles have been collected in Kazakhstan since 2016 as part of a nationwide government campaign to collect and recycle scrap vehicles. The goal is to recycle 250,000 vehicles by 2021. Seventeen collection sites were established across the country. Collected vehicles are crushed to form massive bricks and later shipped to…

ASTANA –Scientists and business people gathered in Astana April 6 to discuss sustainable development at the first annual Research Forum for Central Asia. The forum was organised by Kazakh students and scholars studying at universities in the United Kingdom. The forum includes two gatherings, a previous meeting in London and the April 6 event in…

ASTANA – Afghan public health workers arrived in the Kazakh capital April 2 for a two-week capacity-building seminar on maternal and child healthcare organised by the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The inaugural panel session was attended by top-ranking officials…

ASTANA – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is allocating 24.2 billion tenge (US$75.8 million) to reconstruct the Zhambyl region irrigation system. The deal is part of the extensive financing package signed in May which will invest more than 57 billion tenge (US$180 million) to rebuild irrigation systems across three Kazakh regions. Zhambyl…

ASTANA – An ensemble will perform at the Astana Opera April 13 the works by the late and renowned Argentine composer Astor Piazolla. Original interpretations of tango music will be presented by the instrumental ensemble Ritmos de Amor in the Chamber Hall of the Astana Opera. The ensemble includes Konstantin Strigin on accordion, Kirill Krasyukov…